38In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."H3117H2396H2470H4191H3470H5030H1121H531H935H559H559H3068H1004H6680H4191H24212Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,H2396H5437H6440H7023H6419H30683"Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.H559H2142H3068H577H1980H6440H571H8003H3820H6213H2896H5869H2396H1058H1065H14194Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:H1697H3068H3470H5595"Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.H1980H559H2396H559H3068H430H1732H1H8085H8605H7200H1832H3254H3117H2568H6240H81416And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.H5337H5892H3709H4428H804H1598H58927"'This is the LORD'S sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised:H226H3068H3068H6213H1697H16968I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.'" So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.H7725H6738H4609H3381H8121H4609H271H6235H4609H322H8121H7725H6235H4609H4609H33819A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:H4385H2396H4428H3063H2470H2421H248310I said, "In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?"H559H1824H3117H3212H8179H7585H6485H3499H814111I said, "I will not again see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; no longer will I look on mankind, or be with those who now dwell in this world.H559H7200H3050H3050H776H2416H5027H120H3427H230912Like a shepherd's tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.H1755H5265H1540H7473H168H7088H707H2416H1214H1803H3117H3915H799913I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.H7737H1242H738H7665H6106H3117H3915H799914I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am troubled; O Lord, come to my aid!"H5483H5693H6850H1897H3123H5869H1809H4791H3068H6234H614815But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.H1696H559H6213H1718H8141H4751H531516Lord, by such things men live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.H136H2421H2416H7307H2492H242117Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.H7965H4751H4843H2836H5315H7845H1097H7993H2399H310H146018For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.H7585H3034H4194H1984H3381H953H7663H57119The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.H2416H2416H3034H3117H1H1121H3045H57120The LORD will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the LORD.H3068H3467H5058H5059H3117H2416H1004H306821Isaiah had said, "Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover."H3470H559H5375H1690H8384H4799H7822H242122Hezekiah had asked, "What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the LORD?"H2396H559H226H5927H1004H3068